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• After high-profile sexual assault allegations, calls flood police and frontline centres

  25-10-2017 23:59 via cbc.ca
  Montreal police and prosecutors say they have enough resources to handle the volume of new sexual assault complaints, despite chronic delays in the justice system.
  
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• Montreal elections 2017: Poll has Coderre, Plante neck and neck

  25-10-2017 23:47 via globalnews.ca
  A Leger poll commissioned by Projet Montréal has found Montreal mayoral candidate Valérie Plante is neck and neck with incumbent Denis Coderre for the city’s top job. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Montreal elections 2017: Anjou candidates face off

  25-10-2017 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  Mayoral candidates in Montreal’s Anjou borough are going head-to-head as the elections inch closer. Global’s Tim Sargeant reports.
  
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• Montreal suggests unsuitable sites for future schools to overcrowded CSDM, chair says

  25-10-2017 23:11 via cbc.ca
  Montreal's largest school board received a letter from the City of Montreal outlining available lots of land to build future schools, including sites near highway ramps, oil storage tanks and electrical towers.
  
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• Laval MNA Guy Ouellette has been arrested by Quebec's anti-corruption unit. He allegedly leaked secret police docum… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  25-10-2017 23:10
  Laval MNA Guy Ouellette has been arrested by Quebec's anti-corruption unit. He allegedly leaked secret police docum… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Tomorrow on #BTMTL: @BadBloodSeries actress @MaximRoyreal gives us the details on the season finale of the crime mi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  25-10-2017 23:01
  Tomorrow on #BTMTL: @BadBloodSeries actress @MaximRoyreal gives us the details on the season finale of the crime mi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• PQ wants to table another secularism bill

  25-10-2017 23:00 via globalnews.ca
  The leader of the Parti Quebecois says he'll table his own secularism bill — and it could include a more complete ban of religious face coverings.
  
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• Opinion: Niqab rule isn't the only problematic part of Bill 62

  25-10-2017 22:53 via montrealgazette.com
  What a difference a few weeks can make.
  On Oct. 4, an Angus Reid Institute poll showed that 87 per cent of Quebecers support Bill 62, the new framework for accommodating religious minorities.
  On Oct. 18, Bill 62 was passed by the National Assembly.
  It was promptly denounced as intolerant or worse. There has already been a demonstration against it. A bus driver has symbolically covered his own face in protest.
  Why the change in mood? Why now, after months of public debate that had barely risen ab
  
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• Liberal MNA Guy Ouellette arrested, questioned by UPAC

  25-10-2017 22:51 via cbc.ca
  Quebec Liberal MNA Guy Ouellette has been arrested but has not been charged.
  
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• Liberal MNA Guy Ouellette arrested

  25-10-2017 22:51 via cbc.ca
  Quebec Liberal MNA Guy Ouellette has been arrested but has not been charged.
  
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• GSP eager to return to fighting, talks possible superfight with Connor McGregor

  25-10-2017 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  Canadian MMA superstar Georges St-Pierre held an open workout at the famous Tristar gym in Montreal Wednesday, telling media afterward he’s eager to be back. GSP also addressed rumours of a possible Connor McGregor superfight, while his head trainer Firas Zahabi explained why his star pupil took a years-long sabbatical from the sport.
  
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• Ottawa mayor calls Quebec’s ban on face coverings ‘regressive,’ won’t enforce it on transit in Gatineau

  25-10-2017 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa bus drivers won’t be enforcing Quebec’s ban of face coverings on public transit when they work in Gatineau.
  
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• Ottawa mayor calls Quebec’s ban on face coverings ‘regressive,’ won’t enforce it in Gatineau

  25-10-2017 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa bus drivers won’t be enforcing Quebec’s ban of face coverings on public transit when they work in Gatineau.
  
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• We won't apply burka ban in emergency situations: CHUM

  25-10-2017 22:31 via montrealgazette.com
  A day after the provincial Liberal government released guidelines on how its controversial face-covering law will be enforced, the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal has signalled that it’s prepared to defy the legislation — at least when it comes to patients in an emergency.
  The CHUM is staking out a more detailed position on Bill 62, the so-called burka ban, than most Montreal hospitals that have chosen to remain silent on the matter. Among the hospi
  
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• LA Kings at Canadiens: Five things you should know - Montreal Gazette

  25-10-2017 22:31
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  LA Kings at Canadiens: Five things you should know
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  The Canadiens are hoping their 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers is a sign of better things to come after a seven-game winless streak. Pat Hickey, Montreal Gazette More from Pat Hickey, Montreal Gazette. Published on: October 25, 2017 | Last Updated: ...
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• L.A. Kings at Canadiens: Five things you should know

  25-10-2017 22:30 via montrealgazette.com
  After an 0-3 West Coast road trip, the Canadiens got back on the winning track Tuesday at the Bell Centre. Here are five things you should know about the Canadiens-Los Angeles Kings game at the Bell Centre Thursday (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio).
  Something to build on: The Canadiens are hoping their 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers is a sign of better things to come after a seven-game winless streak. The biggest positive to come out of the win was a solid performance from Carey Price who
  
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• Annie Pootoogook earned her place at McMichael gallery

  25-10-2017 22:06 via montrealgazette.com
  For the better part of the past 20 years, I have lived within walking distance of Atwater Ave. and Ste-Catherine St., in between two former city landmarks, the Montreal Forum and the Children’s Hospital. Close by, there is a former hospital, now a highrise residence operated under the auspices of the YMCA, that welcomes and supports refugees, asylum seekers, citizens and Inuit from fly-in communities in Northern Quebec.
  Some of the Inuit residents come to be with family members who have be
  
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• Kevin Tierney: Annie Pootoogook earned her place at McMichael gallery - Montreal Gazette

  25-10-2017 22:05
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  Kevin Tierney: Annie Pootoogook earned her place at McMichael gallery
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  Annie Pootoogook in 2012: The Cape Dorset artist, who won the Sobey Art Award in 2006, was living on the streets of Ottawa by the time she died. Wayne Cuddington / Postmedia News files. Share Adjust Comment Print. For the better part of the past 20 ...
  
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• Alouettes receiver B.J. Cunninham a bright spot amid a dark season

  25-10-2017 22:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Forty yards. That’s all it will take. B.J. Cunningham’s certain he has 40 yards, and more, in him.
  The Alouettes receiver needs 40 yards Friday night, against Saskatchewan, to reach 1,000 yards on the season. While that figure still remains magical in pro football, it has lost some of its lustre over the years, especially since the Canadian Football League adopted an 18-game regular schedule more than 30 years ago.
  Nonetheless, milestones have been few and far between this season wit
  
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• Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Parenting blogger @juliecole gives us tips on how to ensure an inclusive and safe Halloween. https://t.co/seT2LWJNgV

  25-10-2017 22:00
  
  Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Parenting blogger @juliecole gives us tips on how to ensure an inclusive and safe Halloween. https://t.co/seT2LWJNgV
  
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• Poll: Montrealers increasingly dissatisfied with Denis Coderre

  25-10-2017 21:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers, especially anglophones, are increasingly dissatisfied with incumbent mayor Denis Coderre, aren’t happy with how he is managing tax dollars, and use words like “arrogant” and “pretentious” to describe him. 
  They think Projet Montréal’s Valérie Plante is doing better in the election campaign and use words like “sympathetic” and “straightforward” to describe her — but many voters still don&rs
  
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• Montreal election: Montrealers, especially anglophones, increasingly dissatisfied with Denis Coderre, new poll finds - Montreal Gazette

  25-10-2017 21:56
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  Montreal election: Montrealers, especially anglophones, increasingly dissatisfied with Denis Coderre, new poll finds
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  Montrealers, especially anglophones, are increasingly dissatisfied with incumbent mayor Denis Coderre, aren't happy with how he is managing tax dollars, and use words like “arrogant” and “pretentious” to describe him. They think Projet Montréal's ...and more »
  
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• Randy Tshilumba sentenced to life in prison for 1st-degree murder of Clémence Beaulieu-Patry

  25-10-2017 21:46 via cbc.ca
  "Her name was Clémence, and we will remember her," said Quebec Superior Court Justice Hélène Di Salvo before turning to Randy Tshilumba and sentencing him to life in prison.
  
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• Politicians say changes inevitable as ghost bike installed on Mount Royal

  25-10-2017 21:39 via montrealgazette.com
  Clément Ouimet happened to have had a bicycle with a white frame.
  That frame was used on Wednesday morning as a ghost bike to mark the spot where the 18-year-old competitive cyclist struck a vehicle making an illegal U-turn on the main road over Mount Royal. He died later that day. Friends and family members contributed white wheels, white handlebar tape and a white bicycle seat to the ghost bike. 
  Known as ghost bikes, bicycles painted white have been erected around the city to hono
  
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• Justice minister denounces judge's comments on teen sexual assault victim's weight

  25-10-2017 21:13 via cbc.ca
  Jean-Paul Braun said the 17-year-old was "a bit overweight, but she has a pretty face" and suggested she enjoyed the attention she got from the taxi driver who assaulted her.
  
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• Montreal robbery suspect arrested in Calgary - Montreal Gazette

  25-10-2017 21:08
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  Montreal robbery suspect arrested in Calgary
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  A Montreal man wanted for an armed robbery in N.D.G last May has been arrested in Calgary. Katherine Wilton, Montreal Gazette More from Katherine Wilton, Montreal Gazette. Published on: October 25, 2017 | Last Updated: October 25, 2017 3:08 PM EDT.
  
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• Montreal robbery suspect arrested in Calgary

  25-10-2017 21:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Police in Calgary have arrested a Montreal man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant in the wake of an armed robbery last May in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. 
  Muhidiin Amhed Farah, 31, was arrested on Monday and will be brought back to Montreal on Friday to face charges of armed robbery, armed assault and uttering threats.
  Last spring, a man was attacked and robbed in a motel corridor by two suspects “who used excessive violence,” according to
  
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• Tomorrow on #BTMTL: @DenisCoderre joins us to discuss the fast-approaching municipal election. https://t.co/nkIOVzat9X

  25-10-2017 21:01
  
  Tomorrow on #BTMTL: @DenisCoderre joins us to discuss the fast-approaching municipal election. https://t.co/nkIOVzat9X
  
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• More Quebecers identifying as Indigenous, 2016 census figures show

  25-10-2017 20:50 via cbc.ca
  Quebec has the lowest percentage of Indigenous people of any province or territory in Canada, however, with more people identifying as Indigenous than ever before, those numbers are growing, Statistics Canada finds.
  
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• Analyze This: Canadiens' Brandon Davidson quietly shines on blue line - Montreal Gazette

  25-10-2017 20:48
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  Analyze This: Canadiens' Brandon Davidson quietly shines on blue line
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  Davidson has spent most of his time alongside Jordie Benn or Jeff Petry, and both pairings have fared quite well, even during losses. Marc Dumont, Special to The Gazette. Published on: October 25, 2017 | Last Updated: October 25, 2017 2:47 PM EDT.
  
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• Canadiens just need a shot of confidence, GM Marc Bergevin says - Montreal Gazette

  25-10-2017 20:44
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  Canadiens just need a shot of confidence, GM Marc Bergevin says
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  The Canadiens' general manager said he had a simple message for the players before they flew home from their 0-3 West Coast road trip. Pat Hickey, Montreal Gazette More from Pat Hickey, Montreal Gazette. Published on: October 25, 2017 | Last Updated: ...
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• Some of Montreal’s best known ghost tales and spooky places

  25-10-2017 20:31 via globalnews.ca
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• Sabrine Djermane was curious about ISIL's presence in Syria, friend tells jury

  25-10-2017 20:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Sabrine Djermane was deeply curious about what ISIL was doing in Syria before she and her boyfriend El Mahdi Jamali were arrested on terror-related charges, a jury was told on Wednesday. 
  One of Djermane’s friends was called as a witness with the trial in its seventh week at the Montreal courthouse. Superior Court Justice Marc David placed a publication ban on the young woman’s name before she began to testify. The couple were arrested in April 2015. 
  The friend described t
  
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• Opinion: Canada's universities must transcend the echo chambers

  25-10-2017 20:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Our society is becoming increasingly atomized. Social media enables us to spend all day long in an ideological bubble, in which our own views are fed back to us. While making us feel good, our echo chamber also polarizes, alienates and leads us to see those with whom we disagree as stupid or evil.
  Now more than ever, these new realities require universities to step up and educate the next generation of Canadians about how to have a civil and intellectual conversation with those with whom we disa
  
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• Quebec mosque shooting: Bissonnette's lawyers oppose release of warrants

  25-10-2017 20:11 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Lawyers for a man accused of killing six men at a mosque in Quebec City last January are appealing a lower court decision to have certain confidential documents made accessible to the media.
  In a motion filed this week, lawyers for Alexandre Bissonnette say the Quebec court judge committed an error in law in allowing the documents released.
  Bissonnette, 27, faces six counts of first-degree murder and six of attempted murder using a restricted firearm.
  Prosecutors filed a preferred
  
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• Trudeau criticizes confusion surrounding Quebec’s face-coverings ban

  25-10-2017 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  The prime minister said he will always stand up for individual rights and the federal Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
  
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• Lawyers for Quebec City mosque shooting suspect oppose release of warrants

  25-10-2017 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Prosecutors filed a preferred indictment against Alexandre Bissonnette and say they are ready to set a trial date on Dec. 11.
  
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• Answer to Canadiens' woes was 'in the room,' says GM

  25-10-2017 20:07 via cbc.ca
  General manager Marc Bergevin says the Montreal Canadiens players had to figure out for themselves how to get out of their slump. The Canadiens ended a seven-game losing streak with a 5-1 win over Florida on Tuesday.
  
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• Victim's parents give emotional testimony before Tshilumba sentencing

  25-10-2017 20:05 via montrealgazette.com
  A young woman who was murdered as she worked in a busy Montreal grocery store was a luminous, loving and peaceful girl whose life was stolen, her parents said during sentencing arguments Wednesday.
  “You were ripped from us,” Nathalie Beaulieu and Luc Patry said as they remembered Clemence Beaulieu-Patry, 20.
  They asked that a photo of her be projected on a screen in the court and they frequently broke down in tears as they delivered their emotional victim impact statement.
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• Transcontinental's TC Media sells off Sorel-Tracy weekly Les 2 rives

  25-10-2017 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Transcontinental Inc.’s TC Media continued to reduce the size of its regional newspaper group with the sale of Sorel-Tracy’s weekly Les 2 rives for an unspecified amount, the company announced Wednesday.
  The weekly paper, which has eight employees, was sold to DBC Communications Inc. DBC’s chairman, Benoit Chartier, owns such other papers are L’oeil régional, Le clairon de Saint-Hyacinthe, La pensée de Bagot, Gestion et technologies agricoles and Le courrier
  
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• Quebec justice minister to file complaint against judge’s comments during sex trial

  25-10-2017 19:49 via globalnews.ca
  The judge said the young woman was probably even "a little flattered" because of the attention the accused had shown her.
  
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• Bixi sets record, with 4.4 million trips taken so far in 2017

  25-10-2017 19:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers jumped on Bixis like never before this year.
  The city-operated bike-sharing service said Wednesday that 4.4 million trips have been taken so far this year, with three weeks left in the season.
  That’s 300,000 more than the 4.1 million trips taken during the entire 2016 season, Bixi said.
  Bixi’s season runs from April 15 to Nov. 15.
  The service has 6,250 bikes and 540 docking stations in Montreal, Longueuil and Westmount.
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• Bill 62: Quebec won't rule out use of notwithstanding clause

  25-10-2017 19:31 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Despite the musing of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of a possible legal challenge, Quebec’s justice minister says she is convinced Bill 62 will stand up in the courts.
  But Stéphanie Vallée has refused to rule out the use of the constitution’s notwithstanding clause, which would allow the government to override fundamental rights to protect the law adopted last week.
  At the same time, Premier Philippe Couillard has warned reluctant cities and educational i
  
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• Watch: What did #MTLroadwork reveal about Montreal?

  25-10-2017 18:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers have strong opinions about how we do — or don’t — get around the city.
  That was obvious your reaction to an article headlined Countdown to 2022: Turning the corner on Montreal roadwork,  published in print and online Oct. 14. Dozens of you commented on the article, written by reporter Andy Riga, and two initiatives by Concordia University professors that are part of a collaboration we are calling the #MTLroadwork project.  
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• Carla Bruni gives a French Touch to AC/DC, Lou Reed, Rolling Stones

  25-10-2017 18:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Carla Bruni has a new English-language album, French Touch, but she insists she is not out to conquer the North American music market.
  The way the Italian-French singer told it in a recent interview, in a suite at Montreal’s Ritz-Carlton, noted Los Angeles-based producer David Foster simply asked her to do the album.
  “David Foster runs my label, Verve, and he came to my concert in Los Angeles and he said he really liked my music and my voice, but he didn’t understand the lyrics
  
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• Watch: What did #MTLroadwork reveal about Montreal? - Montreal Gazette

  25-10-2017 18:52
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  #MTLroadwork is hosting a roadchat on Facebook Live this Wednesday, October 25th at noon. Join the Montreal Gazette and Concordia University with your questions and comments on the lessons Montreal is learning from the roadwork that is now ...
  
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• U.S. groups threaten Canadian snow crab imports over whale deaths

  25-10-2017 18:46 via cbc.ca
  An alliance of U.S. environmental groups is preparing to ask Washington to ban imports of Canadian snow crab unless Ottawa steps up its efforts to save the endangered North Atlantic right whales.
  
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• UPAC arrests Liberal MNA Guy Ouellette following raids - Montreal Gazette

  25-10-2017 18:41
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  UPAC arrests Liberal MNA Guy Ouellette following raids
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  Guy Ouellette, a former Sûreté du Québec officer, is the Liberal MNA for the Chomedey riding. Pierre Obendrauf / The Gazette. Share Adjust Comment Print. QUEBEC — The province's anti-corruption unit, Unité permanente anticorruption (UPAC), has ...
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• Happy hump day Montreal! Thanks to @joesprophouse, the BT set is all decked out for the season 🎃💀 https://t.co/FvqANJWLHJ

  25-10-2017 18:32
  
  Happy hump day Montreal! Thanks to @joesprophouse, the BT set is all decked out for the season 🎃💀 https://t.co/FvqANJWLHJ
  
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• Quebec mosque shooting: Bissonnette's lawyers oppose release of warrants - Montreal Gazette

  25-10-2017 18:10
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  Quebec mosque shooting: Bissonnette's lawyers oppose release of warrants
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  Only some of documents requested by a consortium of media organizations including the Montreal Gazette have been released. The Canadian Press More from The Canadian Press. Published on: October 25, 2017 | Last Updated: October 25, 2017 2:11 PM ...and more »
  
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